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Light earthquake, 4.78 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3203335S, -155.2023315WA light earthquake magnitude 4.78 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: hv70863117. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19072050, hv70863117. The 4.78-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:13 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.31 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 10:55:13 / March 13, 2019 @ 10:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 6.31 km, -155.2023315° West, 19.3203335° North.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.78 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2023315° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3203335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-13 10:55:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-13 11:06:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.588 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 363 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network hv The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70863117 Id of event.
Event Code 70863117 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19072050,hv70863117, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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